Custom emotes for Starbound hats
An example of an advanced hat: idle, happy, blink and blabber emotions with asymmetry support.
Pretty much as Hatter, Advanced Hatter recommends working with a 43x43 image. You can find the template below:
For Paint.NET users, this project file can be used to easily create hats. Make sure you hide the character layer before saving the hat, and that you select the PNG file format!
For creating the animation, select the desired emote and a frame. You can always create a static emotion (even if it supports animation) by setting the first frame only.
You can also import a spritesheet directly, download the template below:
The frame size can be up to 128x128 pixels - just make sure each frame is a square, and the spritesheet consists of 9 columns and 8 rows.
For Paint.NET users, this project file can be used to easily create the hat. Make sure you hide the template layer before saving the hat, and that you select the PNG file format!
For Aseprite users, you can download template.ase file to work with.